Harness-saddle



(Model.)

H. O. MGGONNELL.

. HARNESS SADDLE.

Patented Feb.2`7, 1883.

' N. PErEns, Pnmmmnpher, wav-mmm nu i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE O.'MCGONNELL, OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,118, dated February 27, 1883.

Application tiled November 20, 1882. (Model.)

accompanying drawings, making a part'of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the parts of my device separated from each other. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same combined, and Figs. 3 and 4e are respectively sections upon lines cc m and zz of Fig. 2.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the gures.

The design of myinvention is to render more simplethe connection between the saddle-tree and skirts of a harness-saddle and to this end said invention consists in the means employed for locking the l skirt to or upon the tree, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specified.

In the annexed drawings, A represents one of the arms of a saddle-tree, which has any desired general form, and at its lowerend is recessed upon its outer face, so as to enable it to receive and contain the upper end of a skirt, B.

Upon the outer face of each dange a, which forms one of the sides of the recess of the tree A,`is provided a lug, a', which in plan view is straigh t, and forms an extension merely of said flange, whilein side elevation said lug shows a downward and inward inclination otits lower face, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fitted over .the lower end of the saddle-tree A is a bar, C, which has each of its ends c extended downward and inward, so as to emfriction.

rearward, and engages with a corresponding opening, b, that is provided in the skirt B, and operates to connect the latter with said bar, and through the same with the saddle-tree A.

To connect the saddle-tree A and skirt B, the latter is placed within the recessed face of the former, and the bar C placed across both of said parts, with its pin c' in engagement with the hole b, alter which said skirt and bar are drawn downward until the latter is so rmly wedged upon the lugs a as to render the connection secure.

To remove the skirt B from the saddle-tree A, it is only necessary to drive the bar G upward until it is sufficiently loose to permit it to be disengaged and removed by the hand of the i operator. Additional security may be had, if desired, by passing one or more screws or rivets, E, through the upper end of the skirt B, the saddle-tree A, anti into or through a lining placed beneath.

While the construction shown is preferably employed, it will be evident that the inclined lugs may be placed upon the inside of the anges a, in which event the bar C would require no hook-shaped ends c, but could be plain and straight.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, what l claim as new As an improvement in harness, the saddletree A, having the recessed outer face and projecting wedge-shaped or inclined side lugs, a', and the bar C, provided with the hooked ends c and .pin c', in combination with each other, and with the skirt B, having the opening b, substantially as and for the purpose specitied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of November, 1882.

HORACE c. McooNNELL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. GEs'r, R. B. REED. 

